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Our intersections are hazardous during storms

When Tropical Storm Isaias roared across Long Island on Aug. 4, it brought down more than a thousand trees in Nassau County, cutting off electricity to large areas, including sections of major thoroughfares like Sunrise Highway and Merrick Road . . . more

8/21/20

Drivers may now park for up to two hours on Sunrise Highway at the corner of Grand Avenue in Baldwin.

Parking time increased on Sunrise Highway in Baldwin

The New York State Department of Transportation has extended the street parking time limit to two hours on Sunrise Highway at the corner of Grand Avenue to better accommodate employees and patrons at … more

8/7/20

Davonte Hawkins, of Roosevelt, was among the protesters leading the march from Baldwin through Freeport to Merrick. Above, Hawkins pictured on Babylon Turnpike in Merrick.

Hundreds of protesters march from Baldwin to Merrick

An estimated 500 people marched from the Baldwin Long Island Rail Road station today toward Merrick to peacefully protest police brutality and the death of George Floyd in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. more

By Bridget Downes, Ronny Reyes and Scott Brinton | 6/7/20

500 Black Lives Matter protesters march from Baldwin to Merrick

An estimated 500 people marched from the Baldwin Long Island Rail Road station today toward Merrick to peacefully protest police brutality and the death of George Floyd in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. more

By Bridget Downes, Ronny Reyes and Scott Brinton | 6/7/20

A rendering of the Bay Park Conveyance Project, which will send treated wastewater from the Bay Park Water Reclamation Facility to an ocean outfall pipe at the Cedar Creek Water Pollution Control Plant in Wantagh via an aqueduct beneath Sunrise Highway.

Bay Park plan moves ahead, despite crisis

With the coronavirus pandemic leaving many construction projects in limbo, Nassau County officials are still eying early 2021 to begin building the $408 million Bay Park Conveyance Project. more

By Mike Smollins | 5/28/20

The auto storage lot on the corner of Sunrise Highway and Grand Avenue has been crowded with dozens of vehicles for 10 years.

Residents decry ZBA decision

A number of Baldwin residents are upset after the Town of Hempstead Zoning Board of Appeals granted a continuance of a variance that allows the owner of an auto storage lot near the Baldwin Long … more

By Bridget Downes | 1/23/20

‘Nothing but complaints’

As efforts to redevelop Baldwin’s downtown progress, residents and Baldwin Civic Association members are calling on the Town of Hempstead’s Zoning Board of Appeals to revoke a variance allowing … more

By Bridget Downes | 12/12/19

The Art Deco building at Plaza West, between Sunrise Highway and the Long Island Rail Road, has been sold to Atlantic Auto Group, which is expected to transform the property into a Lexus dealership.

Plaza West to become Lexus dealer

The Freeport Zoning Board of Appeals voted 4-1 on May 30 to grant land use and parking variances for Plaza West, a vacant, six-story art deco building on Sunrise Highway in central Freeport, to Atlantic Auto Group. more

By Nadya Nataly | 6/7/19

All east and westbound lanes on Sunrise Highway were shut down Saturday night after a Bellmore man was struck and killed by a car.

Bellmore man killed crossing Sunrise Highway

A 60-year-old Bellmore man was struck by a car and killed Saturday night in Wantagh while he was crossing Sunrise Highway. more

By Erik Hawkins | 4/22/19

Motorcyclist, 44, dies in fatal crash in Bellmore

A 44-year-old man was killed in a motorcycle accident on Sunrise Highway in Bellmore on Sunday afternoon. more

By Erik Hawkins | 10/22/18